Shylock's daughter
By: Mirjam Pressler ; translated and with an afterword by Brian Murdoch
Contributors: Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
Publisher: P. Fogelman Books; Dial
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Identity; Jews; Juvenile fiction; History; Prejudices; Fiction
Work titles: Shylocks Tochter
Description: Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family. Inspired by Shakespeare's play The merchant of Venice.